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Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls
The FBI and French law enforcement have seized two websites that sold hacked and stolen sexually explicit images and videos of young women and girls, and arrested their …
Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims
The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing …
Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members
A suspected ShinyHunters member known as Rey has been detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI track down the rest of the group. Reuters reports that Jordanian …
16-year-old suspected leader of KillSec ransomware group arrested
A 16-year-old is suspected of being the main operator of KillSec, a ransomware group that Eurojust says is responsible for almost 1,000 attacks worldwide. Seizure notice …
Former US Air Force members behind million-dollar BEC scheme head to prison
Two men who ran BEC and phishing campaigns against US businesses while serving in the Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison. According to …
Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts
A former U.S. Army soldier who was part of a group that stole data from telecom companies, including AT&T, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Cameron John …
Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens phishing service that gave criminals access to 12,000 inboxes
The EvilTokens phishing service, which compromised more than 12,000 inboxes at over 10,000 organizations, has been disrupted by a coalition of law enforcement and …
Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers
A Russian national accused of using fake accounts on a freelance employment platform to spread malware to approximately 80,000 users has been indicted by a federal grand jury …
Global sinkhole operation ends Sality botnet’s 23-year run
Sality, a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that had been running for 23 years and infecting more than 15,000 machines worldwide, has been taken down in a joint operation by …
Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks
Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then …
INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend
Police across 22 countries arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects during an eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organized crime groups. Suspects …
US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft
The U.S. has charged 17 alleged members of Mabna Institute, an Iranian hacking-for-hire company accused of running a years-long campaign that stole data from American …
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